Farm

Welcome to our family farm, Happiness By The Acre!

We are incredibly blessed to have a small farm near Carstairs, AB. By small, I mean 150 acres (so small in these parts, but it feels huge to me standing out in the field). It’s a complete work-in-progress.

The story goes a little something like this:

“City couple gets tired of a life in the tech sector. Longing for more hands on work, fresh air, simple living, and a way to contribute to the local food movement, they buy a farm. Faith filled & driven by a soulful desire to bring awareness to creation care, the couple {now a small family with the addition of their son}, embark on a journey, they’ll never forget.”

Heard that one before? Probably not. Although, by no means entirely unique, it’s not exactly the typical family story.

So far we have moved from leasing our farm to a grain farmer, to seeding our fields back to pasture. In 2017, our farm was harvested for silage, while we managed a small market & flower cut garden. 2017 also saw major infrastructure building including, perimeter & cross-fencing, a large dugout, road, well, sceptic, power lines, and our first farm building was begun. We spent our first summer, full-time on the farm too.

What will 2018 bring? The completion of our farm building {where we will live & work during the growing season} is top priority. We also have plans to finish our irrigation system, increase our market & flower garden production, introduce a small flock of chickens, host a small herd of cattle on our pastures and build our farm store. Phew! Ya. Busy, busy times ahead.

I post occasionally about our farm adventures on the blog, but for the full story check out our website or stay up-to-date by following us on Instagram.